Not knowing much about artificial intelligence doesn't stop people from
writing about it. This has been the case as long as I can remember,
i.e. not just now that AI is making impressive advances.

Most statements about what AI can never achieve are baseless assertions.
They usually reveal more about their author's limited perspective
they do about AI. Those who say AI will never think may well be following
in the footsteps of those who said space travel was impossible.

AI does not yet think in the sense that a human does
but these are very early days. Protozoa didn't think either.

Be wary of claims of the inherent superiority of man.

As to whether AI is potentially dangerous and whether it makes sense
to anticipate how to control its use, I am not optimistic.
There will be good-faith attempts to grapple with these issues
but they will not constrain research worldwide. The technology has
potential strategic and military applications that will make
it irresistible. There will be an AI arms race. There is already
a cyberwarfare arms race, conducted in secret with no public debate
on its pros and cons. The USA and Israel still don't
acknowledge their roles in developing
Stuxnet
and using it against Iran.